Locums Gastroenterology - Hickory, NC

Locums Gastroenterology - Hickory, NC

**Coverage Need**
- Assignment Dates: Starting June 1, 2025 - Ongoing
- Schedule:
- Onsite: Monday - Friday, 8a- 5p
- Call: Weekdays 5p - 8a; Weekends: Friday 5p - Monday 8a
- Call Type: Beeper
- Call Ratio: 1:3
- Call Response: 15 min by phone, 30 min onsite if needed
- EMR System: Athena and Cerner
- Temporary Privileges: Available for clean history
- Facility: Frye Regional Medical Center

**Position Details**
- Specialty: Gastroenterology
- Provider Type: Physician
- Practice Setting: Inpatient
- Admissions Required: Yes
- Stroke Certified: Yes
- Coverage Type: Scheduled Clinical Hours + Call
- Rounding: Assigned and unassigned patients
- Trauma Level: N/A
- Call Coverage Situations:
- Emergent endoscopy/colonoscopy
- GI bleeding
- Bowel obstruction/perforation
- Post-op GI complications
- Urgent consults (e.g., pancreatitis, liver failure)

**Submissions Requirements**
- Board Certified or Truly Board Eligible (within 5 years)
- Licensed in NC
- Clean history for expedited credentialing
- BLS

**Skill Requirements**
- Upper GI endoscopy (biopsy, foreign body removal, bleeder cautery, varices injection)
- ERCP diagnostic and therapeutic
- PEG placement
- Lower GI endoscopy (flexible/rigid sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy with biopsy/polyp excision)
- Esophageal dilatation, manometry & interpretation
- Small bowel biopsy
- Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
- Liver biopsy
- Management of Sengstaken/Blakemore tube

**Additional Info**
- Seeking at least 3 full-time providers for 24-hour coverage
- Onsite presence during call is not required unless patient circumstances necessitate
- Callback must be documented in EHR; only onsite callbacks count toward call time
- Facility does not cover licensing or credentialing expenses

**Travel & Lodging**
- Nearest Airport: Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Lodging Recommendation: Courtyard by Marriott, Hickory, NC